It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Vernon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Vernon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Vernon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Vernon may be for you.
Vernon is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The percentage of people in Vernon with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Vernon in 2022 was $21,970, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,880 for a family of four. However, Vernon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Vernon is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Vernon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vernon residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Vernon include Irish, English, European, Dutch, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Vernon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and African languages.
